FDA expands pembrolizumab indication for first-line treatment of NSCLC

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FDA approved pembrolizumab (Keytruda) for the first-line treatment of patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer who are not candidates for surgical resection or definitive chemoradiation or metastatic NSCLC. Patients’ tumors must have no EGFR or ALK genomic aberrations and express PD-L1 (Tumor Proportion Score ≥1%) determined by an FDA-approved test.

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